Cartridge magazine



July 9, 1935. R. F. SEDGLEY ET AL r 2,007,774

I CARTRIDGE MAGAZINE Filed June 9, 1933 Patented Julyi9, -1935 I The objectof ourinvention iis toderise anover construction "and arrangement; ;of- .ra- :cartridge Inagazinefwhereinithe cartridges are .automati'- callyfe'dtothegdischargeopeningi" r a Our Ipresent invention; although notl' 't ed toi suchusegzis especiallyfadaptcd ion se'with rimfire 2.22::calibre: cartridgesfiflu 1 I r In; the cartridgevmagazine's of the rotarr type asvheretofore employed with machine, guns, no; provisiomhas.rheen made for feedingsrim firer cartridges; and due to the extension "causedi'byi theiannulanfiange of thefrim they have notbejen accurately fd. and there; has alwaS s': 'been'v the liabilitygof the magazine "becoming; inoperatiye" 1 due to thexclogg'ingfiof thecartridg'esin theirifeed channelizs i it Tflni accordance iWilih our present: invention, we;

employ a acartridgetcarrying rotor, I and provide positivemeans'for advancing:aicartridge into the- ,discharg'e'iopening in such; aamanner i that its rim "isiin advance. of the. rimi-of a' iuxtap dsca vtridge, sothat the cartridges brought into. dis; charge position rwillsbeuin 'properlal-ignmentlwith theborefofthe 1 an automatic irotary jcartridge"magazine which will: consist .:of a: minimum number 'ofi parts which anbeilocked in'loading position and which, canrbe'aloaded'in aiminimuniuf time andbyqan: uhskilled person. i V, j c." With the aboveand other Jectsin view as;

will be hereinafter 111013? clearlypet forth, our

invention comprehends a; novel; cartridge maga 1-] zineofithe'rotary typer 1'"? 1 cIt furthercomprehends'a n Velcartridge azine Shaving! az'notel casing, a 7 novel cartridge carrying rotor; andiinovel means for-:efiecti rthe progressive feed of ithe 'cartridgesfto theydisjcharge of the magazine's T "It further comprehends novel means ton lock! will give satisfactory and reliableresnlts. "It is,

however; to be understood thatthis embodirfient is typical: only, "and the-various instrumentalities 1 ofwhich our intention consists'can he variously arranged and organized; and'the invention is not limited to' the I exact arrangement" fand organizer tioii of these instrumentalitiesias herein setforth.

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ing thelrotor against l'rotation; and" for releasing zine embodying our invention, p A

F' ure .Zf-isa section on line 2-2- of Figureli Fi r J i e-;.: p 1. m Figure 4 is ajdetail view showing more clearly Figure l-is a side elevation of a cartridgema ga- 1 t the; mannen inqwhich cartridges" pass from the rotor tothe deliyery' opening t V ,Sirnil-ar numerals indicate corresponding parts.

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. .';Ijhe=cartri dgemagazine is provided .virith a secf tiqn isc si ;;c nsisting tof the body portion and the, lidaor coyer z tvhichhas a frictional f t a sectional detail yof :the rotor Eigure 5 i t an exploded view of certain of with the body portion j Ih e body portion is pro'-- opening; 3, to hich-the;cartridges are progresu i Sh l-Mid Watche MT e Q has sy -r ,r A furtherl' object-,1 ofgtheLinvention is t devise r ip hery; individual I means to receive and carry" the -cartridge s. 1 "Ifhe feed of the rotor. is caused by a spring 1 coiled around aninwardlyextendd driVingIit itl the walls of' thet central opening rel th-. pneendof the-spring is fixed to therotor hat I I and the opposite end is fixed' the rotor.

Inge iso ;;S:ha nit :{t'o algae at er ioeiiig member 1-' in 'the fornr of a flat spring the free end-otwhichis adaptedto enter arslot I4 iii-the V rotgrwhen-the latter has been rotated into load-l; ing position by; a telescopic handle l 5, one tuba- *lar section :of which tis carried in one of the. pock, s of the rotoraridis-of the samediameter andpontour as?that pfytha shell of one of the cartridges I 6,; I 41 is the grasping membeigof the handlefwhichisconcealed withinthe casing when the corerjis ori -the odrp i V i The cover is providedwith a releasing member I 8Vin.the form-of a pin adapted when the cover is in place. and the rotor loaded to jmovegthe locking spring 53 out of the slot l 4 in the rotor.

:Asa .cartridgecaisifed to the; deliveryj-opening by the rotor it; comes ;;intoz the "path of a rampi I9 secured to the body portion, thereby moving the cartridge rearwardly and after the cartridge passes through the delivery opening its rim or butt engages the cam 20 to'cause the cartridge to move forwardly into a cartridge holder 2| formed by spring clips secured to the body portion. 22

, designates a cartridge pick up in the form of a curved plate extending downwardly'through the delivery opening into the path of the cartridges on the rotor so that they will be guided upwardly through the delivery opening. The ramp l9 has an upwardly extending arm 23 which is recessed to form a seat for the forward end of the, cartridge when it is in the cartridge holder. Two pairs of spring clips are employed to form the cartridge holder 2| and between such pairs'are the cam plates 24 which cause the cartridge to belproper- 1y aligned with the bore of the gun as it is being ejected from the cartridge holder. g I,

Assuming now that it is desired to load the cartridge holder, the cover is removed; rendering the handle I! accessible, The operator now rotates the rotor 4 in a counter clock-wise direction until the locking spring I3 enters the slot or recess M of the rotor. The rotor is now stationary and the operator has both hands free to load cartridges into'the individual cartridge re- I .ceiving pockets of the rotor. Afterthe rotoris 1 7 ing 26 of the same diameter as the opening In in] the body portion of the casing.

, i 1, A cartridge loaded; the cover is replaced and the spring release l8 forces the locking spring [3 out of theslot M of the rotor, so that the spring I is now free to feed the rotor. 1 r

The casing is provided with any desired or conventional' means for aligning'it with the machine gun or rifle with which it'is used, such as for example, the slotted bracket secured to the side wall of the body portion of thecasing;

" 'When thecartrid'ge is moved forwardly in the holderthe seat 23 serves as aframp to tilt the forward end of the cartridgejupwardly so that it will enter the bore ofthe gun:

"'Ourpresent invention isparticularly adapted for the feeding of rim fire .22 calibre cartridges having an outwardly extending annular flange at its butt end.' The ramp l9 andcam-20 cause the cartridge'in the cartridge holder to have its butt or'rim in advance of thatof the cartridge beneath it, which is the next cartridge to be fed,

and thus prevents anyclogging of the magazine andinterruption in its feed. v

The rotor has an annular channel at itsperiphery into which the cartridge pick up extends.

As will be apparentthe magazine may be made in different sizes to provide any desired capacity of cartridges'. 1

, The cover or 1id preferably has a cent ral open- It will now be apparent that we have devised anew and usefurcartridge' magazine which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in thestatement of the invention and the above description, and whilewe have, in the;

presentinstance, shown and described apreferred embodiment thereof which will "give in practice satisfactory and'reliable results, it"is to be under ,stood that this embodiment is susceptible of modi ing individual cartridge receiving means at its periphery, means to cause a rearward movement of the cartridge as it is fed towards said opening, means to cause a cartridge in registry with said opening topass through it, and means to efiect a forward movement of a cartridge after it has passed through said opening.

2. A cartridge magazine comprising a sectional casing having an unobstructed central opening,

one section of, which has a delivery opening, a

spring actuated rotor in said casing and having individual cartridge. retainers at its periphery, means to cause cartridges toprogressively pass from said rotor through said delivery opening, a holder, .on a casing section to receive a cartridge 1 and a ramp on the casing at the discharge end of said holder to tilt upwardly the forward end of a cartridge asit is being fed from the holder.

3. A cartridge magazine, comprising a sectional casing, one section of which has a delivery opening, a spring actuated rotor having individual cartridge'retaining means'at its periphery, a cartridge pick up to remove a cartridge from said:

rotor andguide it to said delivery opening, a ramp to cause rearward longitudinal movement .of' a cartridge being fed to'said opening, a cartridge holder exterior of said-opening, and means to cause a forwardlongitudinal travel of acartridge passing into said holder, so'that its rim or base will be in 'advance of 'the nextcartridge fedto said holder. l

, I 4.-A cartridge magazine, comprisingra casing having a delivery opening, a rotor having nonradial individual cartridgeretaining means at its periphery, acartridgepick up toiremove 'a cartridge from said rotor and guide it to said opening, a cartridge holder in the form of a pair of clips to which a cartridge-passes from said delivery opening, and means to advance a cartridge, passing to said clips so that its base orrim is in adance of the, next cartridge to be fed from said rotors V a '5.--A cartridge magazine, comprising a casing having a delivery opening and provided with a removable cover, a cartridge holder to receive a cartridge'from said opening ,,a cartridge pick up to remove a cartridge from said rotor and guide it to said opening, a'catch to lock said rotor against rotation, and meanscarried by said cover to release said catch when said cover is inposition on the casing; 7

6. A cartridgemagazine, comprising a casing having a deliveryopening, means to feed cartridges to said delivery opening, clips on'the casing to receive cartridges from said delivery opening, and means to cause a cartridge'in said clips to have its base or rimin advance of the next cartridge being fed to said clips. 1 l 7. A cartridge magazine, comprising a .sectional casing having a delivery opening,.a spring actuatrdrot'or having individual cartridge re-.

taining non-radial pockets at its periphery, a hank. dle in one of said pockets to rotate said rotor-to tension the spring,' a1ooking member to hold said rotor inloading position, means carried by a casing section to release said lock, and means forcausing said cartridge to pass from said rotor to said deliveryv opening; a

8. A cartridge magazine, comprising, a casing having a delivery opening, and a cover, a spring actuated rotor having non-radial cartridge receiving pockets at its periphery, means to-causea oartridgeto-pass from its pocket to said opening and ,a' collapsible handle in one of said pockets to rotate thev rotor .:to' tension its: spring',-.said

2,007,774 handle being concealed when a the c'overYis closed and accessible foruse; when the coveris open.

9. A cartridge'magazine, comprising acasing having an. unobstructed central opening and a delivery opening at its periphery, clips to receive a cartridge frornsaidj opening, a'spring actuated rotor in the casing having non-radial cartridge receiving pockets, a ramp on the casing tocause a cartridge to passfrom its'pocket to said opening,

and a second ramp on the casing to causelo ngi tudinal advancement of said cartridge as it passes from said opening into said clips.

10. A cartridge magazine i comprising a sectional casing having a peripherial, discharge opening, aspring actuatedirotor in said casingihaving pockets in its periphery. to receive individual cartridges,'a cartridge holder on the casing to revceive cartridges from said rotor, a' ramp on the I casing to guide cartridges tosaid opening, and a ramp on the casing'at the discharge end of'said' holder totilt upwardly thef0rward-end offa cartridge being fed from said holder. I

11. A a cartridge magazine, comprising a sectional casing having a peripherial discharge opening, a rotor in said casing having peripherial peck-- 'ets to receive individual cartridges, clips at opipvositesides of said opening to retain a cartridge, means on saidcasing tocause longitudinal movement of a cartridge passing to said opening, a

ramp on the casing to cause a cartridge being fed by therotorto pass to said delivery opening, 

